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Virginia, United States
MOONbow ARTworks was established in 2002 by Jen Otey in Girdwood Alaska following shamanic training she recieved while living there. Since that time the studio has moved and traveled where Spirit guides her to go...Cripple Creek, Alaska, The Big Island of Hawaii, and a few points in between. She currently splits time between interior Alaska and Southwest Virginia. Jen's art focuses on the empowerment of womyn and men through the Sacred Feminine and the spiritual and intuitive aspects of birth. She is particularly interested in helping womyn and men look deep within for their own truth, beauty, faith, strength, compassion for themselves and others, a deeper connection to the feminine aspect of The Creator and the balance of masculine and feminine energies. Over the years she has developed her intuition as a tool for creating works of art that speak to people on a deeply personal and intuitive level.

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Monday, April 18, 2011

Artist Statement for the Artists Wanted Power of SELF competition

In 1999 I created MOONbow ARTworks, for the purpose of exploring the sacred feminine within myself and nature...intuitively creating works of art that express my deep longing for balance and healing and my ongoing path to inner peace and greater sense of oneness.


After giving birth to my son in 2006 it became apparent that I had a massive amount of healing I needed to have happen in my life. The desire for my son to be a whole and happy person became the catalyst for the breaking of old patterns of behavior and the beginnings of the healing of my family lineage from damage created in the distant and more recent past. This I felt sure could be done by breaking the cycle...by first healing myself and giving myself an opportunity to become a more whole and happy mother.


More than ever, my art became the means of exploring my inner world as I worked with traditional therapists, shamans, energy healers, prayer and meditation. My work became a means for me to not only subjectively put my heart and soul into something two dimensional, but to create something that has allowed me to see objectively what it is that I am dealing with internally and where my path has taken me and where it may need to go...a tool to see where I have come from, where I want to go, and in some ways how to get there from here.


I am so thankful for the grace that comes from my creative process. It is a gift, to have the ability to make things that make a difference, not just in my life, but in the lives of others that come into contact with my work. I feel it is a large part of who I am and why I am here. I am so blessed and so grateful. My life is abundantly joyful because of the knowledge of who I am and what I am to do. Each day is a new opportunity to give, grow, receive and share. Creativity is what I was born for. It is my SELF.


In 1999 I created MOONbow ARTworks, for the purpose of exploring the sacred feminine within myself and nature...intuitively creating works of art that express my deep longing for balance and healing and my ongoing path to inner peace and greater sense of oneness.


After giving birth to my son in 2006 it became apparent that I had a massive amount of healing I needed to have happen in my life. The desire for my son to be a whole and happy person became the catalyst for the breaking of old patterns of behavior and the beginnings of the healing of my family lineage from damage created in the distant and more recent past. This I felt sure could be done by breaking the cycle...by first healing myself and giving myself an opportunity to become a more whole and happy mother.


More than ever, my art became the means of exploring my inner world as I worked with traditional therapists, shamans, energy healers, prayer and meditation. My work became a means for me to not only subjectively put my heart and soul into something two dimensional, but to create something that has allowed me to see objectively what it is that I am dealing with internally and where my path has taken me and where it may need to go...a tool to see where I have come from, where I want to go, and in some ways how to get there from here.


I am so thankful for the grace that comes from my creative process. It is a gift, to have the ability to make things that make a difference, not just in my life, but in the lives of others that come into contact with my work. I feel it is a large part of who I am and why I am here. I am so blessed and so grateful. My life is abundantly joyful because of the knowledge of who I am and what I am to do. Each day is a new opportunity to give, grow, receive and share. Creativity is what I was born for. It is my SELF.

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